Tuna Day CT

[Frogstar]

In December I had a great opportunity to go fishing for tuna with a friend of mine who has a boat. Well it was actually for yellow tail, but as luck would have it the tuna were around and it was like a national geographic documentary with the fish busting up on bait balls all over the place. I get goose bumps just thinking about it.

The fish weighed in at around 60kg and took a 4hrs to land. Partly because we had no idea how big it was and the line we had on was pretty light 90lb odd. We also had no harness and therefore battled to get any leverage on this fish... I had to share the duties with my friend I was just not fit enough for this fish, we had to take turns of 45mins each. We had a massive shark pitch up twice so we had to let the fish take about 100m and then drive the boat away from the shark. We also had to battle with seals which we successfully deterred with a kettie and steel ball bearings. I was a bit frustrated at the time it took because while we fought this fish the bait-ball action just continued around us, we could have caught a bunch of fish that day. But hey I'm not complaining it was my first tuna and an experience I will never forget. I felt like I was no Wicket Tuna.

We were unprepared for the first lot of tuna that popped up and I was too excited to sit an rig a big stick that i picked up my dropshot rod I was using for yellow tail ....As I picked the rod up I said to my mate Mark "this is a big mistake, i hope a small one grabs it!" but alas a buss of a tuna latched on and it practically burned my reel out...

I then rigged up the big stick with the same green fluke that the tuna could not leave alone and was vas on the first cast and an epic battle ensued.....

I have put together a vid of the days events enjoy:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVs4uKwn_Lc[/youtube]

[Navrik]

Catch of a lifetime. Thanks for sharing FS. Awesome edit as usual!

[Slingshot500]

Great vid.. nice catch. I'm all jealous !!

[Jeremy]

Those Tuna are supper strong. 4hr for a 60kg fish. Just imagine one of those 400-500kg fish from Wicked Tuna. You would still be on. :blue-biggrin:

[Lugnut]

Brilliant!

[Rory]

Goosebumps! The edit and soundtrack are toooo rad!

[Marmaduke]

Wicked!!!! Awesome stuff Frogstar.
Crazy to think we used to get schools of 500kg+ bluefin tuna in False Bay in the 60s

[dreamfish]

Very cool Frogstar, thanks for that!

[Peter]

Good Workout for the body Frogstar.

Some years back I landed an 82lb Yellowfin from Rooikrans Spinning Ledges on a 12 ft Glass Rod and a Penn 49. Plenty Aches and Pains the next day.

Incidently, I used to stand and flog the water with that rig virtually all day while spinning for yellowtail. Then I smile when I hear people talking about a Bass Reel and Rod combination weighing a few grams lighter than their previous one. :blue-badgrin:

[Smiley]

Tip for next time: A black magic! makes tuna fishing a lot more fun

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-5I_ObXFjw[/youtube]

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[Frogstar]

Thanks guys!

Yes a harness would have been amaising and put more fish in the boat!

[jmgravenor]

Dude,

That was so epic...and your choice of music. Bloody perfect!

[Frogstar]

Dude,

That was so epic...and your choice of music. Bloody perfect!

thanks dude